Pioneer Launches New Blu-ray Disc Drive

Forget about multi-chip GPUs, PCIe Gen 5 power supplies, and the next generation of speedy M.2 NVMe SSDs—what the tech world really needs right now in the year 2022 is a new optical disc drive, and Pioneer has delivered that in spades with the BDR-213JBK, a new internal burner that does all sorts of radical stuff, such as burning data onto BD-Rs at speeds of up to 16X, recording to M-DISCs that last for a thousand years, and playing 4K movies directly off of physical media (compatible PC required). The BDR-213JBK even features a “PureRead 3+” feature to ensure greater data reading accuracy, as well as a “disc resonance stabilizer” that keeps optical media from bending during high-speed recording. Pioneer’s BDR-213JBK is available now in Japan for around 17,222 Yen ($150), but it’s unclear when or if it might make its way over to the U.S.

BDR-213JBK Product Page (Pioneer)

Features

• Supports high-speed, high-precision 16x speed recording on BD-R and large-capacity BDXL (3 layers, 4 layers)
• Ideal for importing music CDs. Equipped with a unique function “PureRead 3+ (original sound reproduction)” that further enhances data reading accuracy
• Supports high-speed recording of M-DISC that can store data for a long time
• Front design that combines functionality and design
• Further improvement of recording quality
• Achieve further power saving with “custom eco function”
• High recording accuracy “disc resonance stabilizer” even during high-speed recording
• Ultra HD Blu-ray movie playback compatible drive
• “PowerRead ™” that can smoothly play BDs and DVDs with scratches and dirt

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